Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is anyone who does not obey the terms of my covenant!
Parallel translations
- WEB and say to them, Yahweh, the God of Israel says: ‘Cursed is the man who doesn’t hear the words of this covenant,
- KJV And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,
- BSB You must tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,
- NKJV and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel: “Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant
- NASB and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: “Cursed is the one who does not obey the words of this covenant
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Quick answer
God pronounces a curse on anyone who refuses to obey the covenant's terms.
Overview
This echoes the covenant curses of Deuteronomy 27-28, where disobedience brings divine judgment. The blessing-and-curse structure shows that covenant relationship with God is serious and carries real consequences. Christ bore this very curse for His people by becoming 'a curse for us' on the cross (Galatians 3:13).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Deut 27:26‘Cursed is he who doesn’t uphold the words of this law by doing them.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’”
- Deut 29:19–20and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, “I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.”
- Deut 28:15–68But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come on you, and overtake you.
- Gal 3:10–13For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.”
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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